Head Coach
Ralph Turner

Turner, a 1979 graduate of David
Lipscomb University, enters his seventh season as head coach of the
Bulldogs. Coach Turner is coming off a season in which he led the
Bulldogs to their third consecutive NAIA National Tournament.

Turner has compiled a 142-65 career coaching record while leading the
Bulldogs and earned TranSouth Coach of the Year honors in both 1998 and
1999. During his seven-year campaign with the Bulldogs, Turner has led
Union to top national rankings, two conference regular season titles,
two conference tournament titles, and three berths into the NAIA I
National Championships.

Turner began his coaching career at the junior high and high school
level in Georgia and Tennessee before moving to the collegiate level at
Oklahoma Christian. Returning to his alma mater, Turner served as an
assistant coach at Lipscomb for nine years before accepting the head
coaching position at Union.

Turner takes his knowledge of basketball to the national level by
serving on the NAIA Championship Tournament Committee which organizes
the men's national basketball tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the
1998-99 season, Turner served as President of the Men's NAIA Basketball
Coaches Association and served as a court coach for the United States
basketball team at the Pan American and Goodwill Games.

Under the guidance of Turner, summer basketball camps have continued to
grow. Through Turner's hard work and dedication, Union has seen over
1,500 boys and girls participate in each of the 1999 and 2000
summer camp sessions.

Turner's goal for the men's basketball program is more than
concentrating on the score of a game. His desire is to not only see the
best Bulldog team Union has ever had, but for those individuals to be
the best people Union has ever had as well.

He and wife, Sherrie, have two daughters, Andrea and Alison, ages 15 and
13.

Assistant Coach
David Niven

Niven, a 1996
graduate of Oklahoma Bapitst University, begins his 4th season as
an assistant coach for the Bulldogs after spending the 1996-97
season as an assistant coach at Oklahoma Baptist.

Niven's
playing career began as a red-shirt at Quachita Baptist
University. He then transferred to OBU and finished his
four-year career. In those four years, Niven became the
player with the most wins in school history with a 121-24
record. He also became the first player to help lead the
Bison to four consecutive national tournaments and two final four
finishes.

In 1997, while assistant
coach at Oklahoma Baptist, Niven received his Master of Education
degree from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. He
received valuable coaching experience as the Bison went 36-4 and
make it to the 1997 NAIA National Championship Finals.

Graduate
Assistant Coach
Ryan Massey

Ryan Massey is in
his first season as a graduate assistant coach for the
Bulldogs. Massey played four years for the Bulldogs with an
overall record at Union, as a player for Coach Turner, of 112-28.

Massey
graduated last year from Union with a Bachelor of Science degree
in Physical Education and Heath. He is currently working on
a Master of Education degree with emphasis in Physical Education
from Union. After finishing, Ryan plans to teach and coach
on the college level.